[8] In 2006,[2][9] he moved back to England[4] to live in South Croydon, London[2][10] In 2012, Abdulrashid graduated with a BA in Drama and Applied theatre from St. Mary's University College in Twickenham.
[11][12] In 2010, at the age of 25, Abdulrashid became the youngest black comedian to perform stand-up at the Hammersmith Apollo,[2] after being crowned joint winner of the national "Which Religion Is Funniest?"
[13] The competition was judged by David Baddiel and Omid Djalili,[14] and the winners were chosen to perform at the premiere of their film The Infidel.
[11] In January 2013, Abdulrashid co-founded Norbury Comedy Club with Ola Gbaja, with a show due to take place every Sunday in partnership with Baba Foundation restaurant.
They were all rejected by media watchdog Ofcom, who said: "The comedian's satirical take on his life experiences as a black Muslim was likely to have been within audience expectations.
[30] In 2024, Nabil voiced multiple characters for Disney's Iwájú, an original animated series set in a futuristic Lagos, Nigeria.
Abdulrashid switches from surreal to satirical in his dichotomy of being a middle-class educated man yet simultaneously a street-smart urban youth while avoiding clichés when dealing with topics such as being a black Muslim in south London.
[32] In August 2011, Abdulrashid responded on YouTube[33] to David Starkey's comments on the BBC's Newsnight programme, made during a discussion about the England riots, claiming that "the whites have become black" and that "a particular sort of violent, destructive, nihilistic, gangster culture has become the fashion".
[35][36][37] In May 2013, Abdulrashid responded on YouTube to the murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich on 22 May 2013, outlining his perception of alleged media double standards and far-right wing groups using the circumstances as propaganda to justify their own views.